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The study concerns an autonomous individual solar water heater installed in the Oran region in Algeria. Supplied by two sources of solar thermal and photovoltaic energy, this solar water heater provides domestic hot water for the needs of an average family of 6 people. A comparative approach was made to find the most adequate solution between increasing the surface area of the thermal solar panel or those of the photovoltaic panels, by analyzing the solar fraction and the efficiency of the thermal panels. The choice was make for a thermal panel with a surface area of 4 m2 and complete with 16 photovoltaic panels, thus resulting in a total surface area of 14 m2 to obtain an autonomous solar water heater powered only by solar energy. Another option was considered by incorporating a photovoltaic thermal panel, and substantial savings were found.
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The study concerns an autonomous individual solar water heater installed in the Oran region in Algeria. Supplied by two sources of solar thermal and photovoltaic energy, this solar water heater provides domestic hot water for the needs of an average family of 6 people. A comparative approach was made to find the most adequate solution between increasing the surface area of the thermal solar panel or those of the photovoltaic panels, by analyzing the solar fraction and the efficiency of the thermal panels. The choice was make for a thermal panel with a surface area of 4 m2 and complete with 16 photovoltaic panels, thus resulting in a total surface area of 14 m2 to obtain an autonomous solar water heater powered only by solar energy. Another option was considered by incorporating a photovoltaic thermal panel, and substantial savings were found.

Sizing of an Autonomous Individual Solar Water Heater Based in Oran, Algeria

Mechanical Faculty, Gaseous Fuels and Environment Laboratory

University of Ain-Temouchent Belhadj Bouchaib

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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{"article-title":"Sizing of an Autonomous Individual Solar Water Heater Based in Oran, Algeria"}

The study concerns an autonomous individual solar water heater installed in the Oran region in Algeria. Supplied by two sources of solar thermal and...

Sizing of an Autonomous Individual Solar Water Heater Based in Oran, Algeria

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 9 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2022-0016

Keywords
Solarenergy, PT, PV, Solar water heater, Autonomous

© 2022 Touhami Baki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Sizing of an Autonomous Individual Solar Water Heater Based in Oran, Algeria

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 9 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2022-0016

KeywordsSolarenergy, PT, PV, Solar water heater, Autonomous

© 2022 Touhami Baki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Solarenergy, PT, PV, Solar water heater, Autonomous